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THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS.
set, the nose straight and broad at the bridge, the cheekbones were prominent, the jaw
was massive, the mouth of middle size, somewhat projecting, and furnished with good
sound teeth covered with fine enamel. The ears are gone, and there are scarcely any
signs of beard or moustache. Ta-aken had been shaved on the very morning of the
battle. Take him altogether, he must have been singularly like the Barabras (Nubians)
of the present day, and have belonged to a race less mingled with foreign elements than
that of the Rameses family.
The mummy-case No. 5,232 contained the mummy of Seti 1., second king of the XlXth
dynasty, and father of Rameses it., as testified by the official entries of the year VI. and
XVI. of Hrihor, and the year X. of Pinotmou i„ inscribed upon the lid. The arrange-
ment of the various winding-sheets and bandages was the same as upon the mummy of
Rameses 11. At about midway of the total thickness of the wrappings there occurred two
lines of hieratic inscription in black ink, stating that "in the year IX., the second month
of Pert (the season of seed-time), the sixteenth day, was the day of re-clothing the King
Men-mat-Ra (Seti 1.), to whom be life, health, and strength." Another inscription, written
on one of the smaller bandages, adds that the linen used for the king's wrappings was
supplied by the First Prophet of Amen Menkhopirri in his Vlth
year ; so giving the date of the latest restoration of the king's fu-
nerary trappings. The body presents much the same appearance
as that of Rameses 11. It is long, fleshless, of a yellow-black color,
and has the arms crossed upon the breast. The head was covered
with a mask of fine linen, blackened with bitumen, which it was
necessary to remove with the scissors. M. Alexandre Barsanti,
upon whom that delicate operation devolved, removed this shape-
less mass, and brought to view the most beautiful mummy-head
the head of seti i. ever seen within the walls of the Museum. The sculptors of
(From a photoorajh taken at Thebes and Abydos did not flatter the Pharaoh when thev srave
Butak.) _ J ^ ...
him that delicate, sweet, and smiling profile which is the admi-
ration of travellers. After a lapse of thirty-two centuries, the mummy retains the same
expression which characterized the features of the living man. Most striking of all,
when compared with the mummy of Rameses 11., is the astonishing resemblance
between the father and son. The nose, mouth, chin—in short, all the features—are the
same ; but in the father they are more refined, more intelligent, more spiritual than when
reproduced in the son. Seti I. is, as it were, the idealized type of Rameses 11. He must
have died at an advanced age. The head is shaven, the eyebrows are white, the condi-
tion of the body points to considerably more than three-score years of life, thus confirm-
ing the opinion of the learned, who have attributed a long reign to this king. The
body is healthy and vigorous, notwithstanding the knotty state of the fingers, which bear
evident traces of gout. The mouth is filled with some kind of paste, but the two teeth
which are visible are white and well preserved."
In addition to engravings of Seti and Rameses we give one of Pinetem 11 ., whose
mummy was also found at Deir-el-Bahari. It is interesting from the fact that this king
belonged to the XXIst dynasty, which flourished some three hundred years after the
XlXth and that the features shown the Nubian type.
As the original tombs of many of these great kings have long been known, and also
known to be empty, the reason has been sought why the mummies of these great rulers,
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set, the nose straight and broad at the bridge, the cheekbones were prominent, the jaw
was massive, the mouth of middle size, somewhat projecting, and furnished with good
sound teeth covered with fine enamel. The ears are gone, and there are scarcely any
signs of beard or moustache. Ta-aken had been shaved on the very morning of the
battle. Take him altogether, he must have been singularly like the Barabras (Nubians)
of the present day, and have belonged to a race less mingled with foreign elements than
that of the Rameses family.
The mummy-case No. 5,232 contained the mummy of Seti 1., second king of the XlXth
dynasty, and father of Rameses it., as testified by the official entries of the year VI. and
XVI. of Hrihor, and the year X. of Pinotmou i„ inscribed upon the lid. The arrange-
ment of the various winding-sheets and bandages was the same as upon the mummy of
Rameses 11. At about midway of the total thickness of the wrappings there occurred two
lines of hieratic inscription in black ink, stating that "in the year IX., the second month
of Pert (the season of seed-time), the sixteenth day, was the day of re-clothing the King
Men-mat-Ra (Seti 1.), to whom be life, health, and strength." Another inscription, written
on one of the smaller bandages, adds that the linen used for the king's wrappings was
supplied by the First Prophet of Amen Menkhopirri in his Vlth
year ; so giving the date of the latest restoration of the king's fu-
nerary trappings. The body presents much the same appearance
as that of Rameses 11. It is long, fleshless, of a yellow-black color,
and has the arms crossed upon the breast. The head was covered
with a mask of fine linen, blackened with bitumen, which it was
necessary to remove with the scissors. M. Alexandre Barsanti,
upon whom that delicate operation devolved, removed this shape-
less mass, and brought to view the most beautiful mummy-head
the head of seti i. ever seen within the walls of the Museum. The sculptors of
(From a photoorajh taken at Thebes and Abydos did not flatter the Pharaoh when thev srave
Butak.) _ J ^ ...
him that delicate, sweet, and smiling profile which is the admi-
ration of travellers. After a lapse of thirty-two centuries, the mummy retains the same
expression which characterized the features of the living man. Most striking of all,
when compared with the mummy of Rameses 11., is the astonishing resemblance
between the father and son. The nose, mouth, chin—in short, all the features—are the
same ; but in the father they are more refined, more intelligent, more spiritual than when
reproduced in the son. Seti I. is, as it were, the idealized type of Rameses 11. He must
have died at an advanced age. The head is shaven, the eyebrows are white, the condi-
tion of the body points to considerably more than three-score years of life, thus confirm-
ing the opinion of the learned, who have attributed a long reign to this king. The
body is healthy and vigorous, notwithstanding the knotty state of the fingers, which bear
evident traces of gout. The mouth is filled with some kind of paste, but the two teeth
which are visible are white and well preserved."
In addition to engravings of Seti and Rameses we give one of Pinetem 11 ., whose
mummy was also found at Deir-el-Bahari. It is interesting from the fact that this king
belonged to the XXIst dynasty, which flourished some three hundred years after the
XlXth and that the features shown the Nubian type.
As the original tombs of many of these great kings have long been known, and also
known to be empty, the reason has been sought why the mummies of these great rulers,
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